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How do stories influence the way people see each other, and how have these stories changed over time? Why do some communities remain cohesive, while others disintegrate? And what ensures that trust grows, flourishes, or fades in an age of constant information? With €16.8 million in funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), a national consortium of universities and research institutes will build the world’s first Macroscope. This groundbreaking research infrastructure is designed to help scientists observe and understand how societies evolve over time. Susan Aasman, Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Groningen, will be acting as Co-PI on this project.

We give the floor to Susan Aasman, Professor in Digital Humanities. One of the topics she covers is the importance of web archives. ‘How can we make the daily production of information safe for the future?’ is a question that she is busy working on. She also researches struggles occurring at an individual level: ‘How can we manage the daily stream of photos and videos we take ourselves?’